Outdoor Cafe in West Dorset

Nice simple, tasty food and quality ingredients. Quick service. I had a breakfast bap with bacon, sausage, egg and mushroom. Delicious. Handy location right off the A35 and toilets onsite.

Possibly the worst coffee I've drank this year. Advertised as freshly ground beans but it's straight from an instant machine.

Lovely 😊 place to enjoy your coffee ☕️ in the woods, Beautiful little cafe ☕️ Some snacks Sandwiches 🥪 Coffee ☕️, which is not so great just a place and atmosphere makes it really nice place to be :)

Great service friendly staff nice and relaxed good food great coffee

A great stop mid journey, friendly service and tasty too!

Great cafe stocking local chutneys and honey,plus other tasty treats .lovely tasty burgers and sausages,coffe too.always stop here on my way to Goodwood for the motor sport meeting or a helicopter trip with Elite Helicopters at Goodwood..

Nice little stop off, just what you need when traveling from Torquay to Bournemouth, as you are not on any motorways there are no services to stop at for a break and a brew. This is perfect, we had a breakfast barm, which consisted of bacon, sausage, egg and mushrooms for £5, bargain. I had a lovely coffee. You can stay on this parking way for 24 hours, which is perfect for a free stopover ( if you are in a Motorhome or caravan)

Had a drink and watched the world go by. Was a nice day so it was very busy. Still managed to get a table

Amazing quality meats in my breakfast roll. A decent hot chocolate too. Recommend 👌🏻

Really good selection of sandwiches, burgers etc,, fair prices, can't fault it highly recommend ,yummy smartie cookie..

Every time we stop here which is about 3 times a year, we're always welcomed and served like royalty. Such a lovely stop

Freshest food, hot and cold, spoilt for choice. Lovely friendly people running it. Added bonus of proper toilets and picnic benches too

Super little place, wild Boar Burgers! Good coffee, rolls etc freshly made on premises. Loos a few paces away.

Lovely people and good food 👌 😋

Top quality locally sourced produce

Great place to stop and break up a journey. Food was excellent.

The best breakfast burger I've had in for as long as I can remember. Delicious! Lovely with mushrooms, bacon, amazing sausages and free range eggs. Will definitely go again next time I'm in the area.

Stopped here for a coffee pleasantly surprised how good it was

Food freshly cook and of good quality at a reasonable price considering location the only downfall here was the poor state of the men's toilets which to be fair I don't think this responsibility of the food outlet.

Great place to stop for breakfast. Bacon basis and coffee were lovely

Decent enough roadside stopover with lots of products. The guy was a bit dour though, but we were grateful for the stop

This roadside café has been here for years, serving refreshment to tried travelers.

Amazing burgers , very friendly staff. The toilets where closed so thats a pain

Full english bap was out of this world and worth every penny. Will use more often from now on.

Great little place to stop, the owners are really friendly and the food we had was great. Would have loved to have tried some more as the choice was great. It's a real shame the council toilets aren't open - there's some portaloos which are good enough but I just don't understand why the council can't open the proper toilets.

Lovely cooked food and good priced

Slow service and over charged me small helpings

Amazing burgers and fantastic home made chutneys

Tasty local longhorn burgers and fast service

Lovely grub, plus some local goodies as well

Great little stop of for coffee and bacon roll

Excellent roadside cafe - my burger was very tasty. Great alternative to service stations

Good stopping place, loos and a cafe. Food is excellent, proper beef burgers which are absolutely delicious.

Stopped for a bacon and sausage roll, very good quality. Although the server looked like he hadn't smiled in a long time i will be stopping there again.

Stopped for breakfast on our way home from camping, perfect way to end our holiday food was amazing kids finished everything off highly recommended 👌

Absolutely brilliant, loveburgers at a great price. If only all roadside cafes were this good.

A good range of food, but when we visited the toilets were out of order which meant it didn't fully meet our needs

Nice location, open picnic area , toilets. Plenty parking lovely coffee. Friendly staff.

Bacon and Breakfast baps are to die for. A great start to a morning!

About what you would expect from a burger wagon. Decent food, good portions of bacon.

Very nice, much better than a conventional motorway stop

Very nice food here a little expensive! £4.30 for a sausage & egg bap & you only get one and a half sausage and the bap was a bit dry although quality is good I felt short changed on the value

Great coffee and paninis, good pit stop

Quality food, friendly staff. Have been using for over 15 years. Fully recommended 👌

Nice spot to stop. Only had a coffee, but the menu looked good.

It was my usual stop on the 130 mile trip from Devon to Hampshire. I stop for a nature break and cup of coffee. Apart from covid procedures everything was "normal"

As always excellent food served by friendly staff 😋

Excellent coffee & bacon rolls!😋. Fair prices

Best roadside cafe I have ever used.

Great cup of Tea, and a lovely spot for a break

Lovely outdoor cafe with seating, stopped here with my friend and her dog. Great views, food and service. Thankyou

Such a wonderful looking cafe on the side of the road perfect for a quick stop and have some proper grub to eat staff are very friendly

Great coffee, good food. nice people 😁

Ideal stop for the toilet and a nice sausage and egg bap 👍👍

Fantastic fresh cooked food. Card payments only .our breakfast rolls were unbelievable, always use this place when we pass. Would recommend and visit again

Love to drive out and have delicious food outdoors

Lovely spot, good food, plenty of picnic tables away from the main road and just out of reach of the birds in the trees too! It's the Gingerbread Cafe in case it is not listed as such, on the A35 East of Dorchester.

A real gem of a roadside cafe. Quality food at very reasonable prices. And there's a toilet in the layby too.

Midday on a thursday and it was shut

Yeh morning yes Jay is very friendly and polite on all accasions that I've been there I tend not to go when the grumpy guy there not at all impressed.

Excellent cup of tea and a fantasia burger reasonably priced to boot!

Good roadside food and coffee stop. Big layby plenty of parking. Very welcoming. Jams and preserves on sale too.

Really good value for money and excellent service.

Great little stop. Road side cafe. Good selection of Hot drinks and food, card payment only (due to covid). Toilets nearby as well.

Good little place to stop for tea ,coffee burgers, does rolls as well. plus side there is space for caravan to park.

The gods were indeed looking out for us this morning. Could just eat a sausage bap and do with another coffee I said after our early start. Two minutes later we see the sign for the outdoor cafe. Proper bangers and bacon from a decent butcher's, good sized bags and decent coffee. Good range of other products on offer too which makes this layby grub a cut above the rest. Highly recommend.

Quirky little cafe Bacon rolls where great and bread tasted fresh Thanks for a lovely rest I would also like to say how stunning the dog was!

Recommend the longhorn burger 👍

Stopped whilst passing, lovely little place with quite a good variety to eat, all sounded lovely. Had the quarterpounder cheese, which was lush! Recommend a larger sign on the road as we only just clocked it in time to turn in.

Simply amazing food. Couldnt be better. Our fave stop on our way from clevedon to Bournemouth when we go see our daughter. Highly recommended 👌

Good range of quality food. Card payments too!

Made the effort to go all the way down to the Kingston Maurward roundabout to come back to this place, wish I hadn't bothered. Can't comment on the food as I wasn't served. The guy wasn't busy, looked at me and just completely ignored me, stood there for maybe 5 minutes waiting for a "good morning" or "what can I get for you?" nothing....... So turned tail and left, never to return.

Spacious and was able to walk the dog safely

Just stopped to find this little beauty of a cafe! So happy we stopped best burger i think iv had in a long time! Lovely service from the lady n chef too! Thank you guys!

Good value, handy, with WC... just east of Dorchester

Go after dark and the vehicles stopping are mainly for the public toilets and to make friends. 😊

I find the food on offer here of good quality, also they seem happy enough to cook stuff to your liking. Good stop for bikers

Bright cheerful just what was needed.

Convenience for travelling customers who need a bite to eat or to spend a penny. Toilets are independent of the cafe.

Great cup of tea, food was very tempting

Good brew, good burger sensible prices

Bought steak and mushrooms and onions and the steak wasn't cooked properly it was red and stuff.that was the only bad food I have is today 13 January 2020.normaly I don't have problem with the the guy that there most time is brilliant with the food

Always good for a welcome break

Friendly stopping place on the A35

Convenient. Coffee not brilliant

What a surprise! I only pulled into the layby to give my dog a break but discovered there are toilets here AND this amazing little cafe! Looks good, like a little fairground sideshow, and had a huge selection of snacks.

Great staff, tasty food with. Huge variety

Brill stop off place, great coffee, tasty snacks, great conversation. Facilities close by.

Love this little place, a highlight of the trip to Bournemouth.

Sad service, I waited patiently behind the customer in front of me, the grumpy looking chap behind the counter looked at me but did not acknowledge me, another customer turned up and was promptly served ahead of me. Obviously I turned and left, it's a shame really as I always pop into this cafe when I'm passing, maybe just a bad day for him but it certainly leaves a poor impression on me!

We stopped just to use the toilets at this rest stop and decided to grab a quick snack. The burgers were gorgeous. Proper meaty butchers burgers, proper bacon and fresh white rolls. Definitely recommend to anyone who doesn't want a greasy burger from a burger van....this is far from that and probably same price.

Stunning food steak was spot on

Always stop here when I go to see my brother, good food at a good price, what's not to like.

Superb locally sourced food. Best egg & bacon buttie I've had for a long time. The do seem oddly obsessed with crossdressers though. :/

Gave the fella a tenner tried to give me change for fiver, food terrible,watch your change

We didn't stop for the cafe we stopped for the toilets at 6 o'clock in the evening ! Man there shutting cafe too. Guess it's what we call " greasey spoon " anyway !!

Good place to stop, good food and loos as well

Always fancied popping in for a tea... Won't be doing it again. Maybe because it was a rainy may day... But want a grumpy sod! What a disappoinment

Good place to stop for a cuppa and a snack

food was good and the drinks , sevice was very abrupt and unhelpful .